I tend to watch great movies with a considerable delay…, but then again, my feeling is that I get to appreciate them much more in this way, aside all the initial hype and the turmoil associated with a new release (an auxiliary gain is that I can discard– without having to go through the pain of actually watching them– a lot of movies which were released with high expectations, only to turn out total flops, hence really what remains is above average or, in the best case, excellent).
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Ah não ser eu toda a gente e toda a parte!
I’ve watched it most recently via this smart* video rental & online streaming service called Netflix : a true gem of a movie, albeit one of the most underrated cinematographic creations of the past decades (does not have a RottenTomatoes critics’ rating!
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It is great, truly great. In fact IMDb and RottenTomatoes do not give it sufficient credit. I was told I would love it, by people who know me, but I didn’t just love it: I adored it.
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With credits to Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby, Mark Sandrich, and all the dolls out there.
PS. Recall also a most interesting analysis of Irving Berlin’s creativity profile, once you wake up from the hangover :-).
→ Read more Quote/movie scene for week 14th- 20th of October ’07
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment.
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